Intellectual Property Rights In The Livestock Sector

Contents of the BookCh. 1). An Introduction to Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Ch. 2). Patents Ch. 3). Patent Legislation and AdministrationCh. 4). Patenting Procedure in India Ch. 5). Patents on Pharmaceuticals Ch. 6). Patenting of Life Ch. 7). IPR on Biological Diversity Ch. 8). Intellectual Property Rights on Farm Animal Genetic Resources Ch. 9). ICAR Guidelines for Intellectual Property ManagementAbout the AuthorsDr.R.S.Jiji has been working in the field of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension Education and research for the last 15 years, co-authored two other text books and has contributed research articles in national and international journals. Intellectual Property Rights is her special area of interest and she has been the course teacher for the e-course on IPR for the veterinary post graduate and doctoral students for the last three years.Dr.P.J.RajKamal has been doing research and extension education work in the field of Veterinary and Animal Sciences for more than 25 years and has published several research articles in both national and international journals. He has also co-authored three other text books. He has special interest in undertaking studies on indigenous technical knowledge systems.About the BookThe major purpose of this book is to provide the readers an insight into the concept of IPR and its applications in the livestock sector. However, the implicit issues and challenges in the IPR enforcement and the strategic imperatives imminent in the sector have also been discussed in some depth.